Friday, August 22, 2008
ISP - October 6-17
Don't forget - Our 1st Intesive Study Period (ISP) will begin on Monday, Oct. 6 and will last two weeks, concluding Oct. 17.
Contact Mr. Carter for information.
Contact Mr. Carter for information.
Welcome Back Letter 2008
August 22, 2008
Dear Telluride High School Community,
I hope this letter finds you happy, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful summer break. If you have had half as much fun as I have, I know you’ll be refreshed, energized, and excited to make the coming year at Telluride High School the best one ever! This year students will work harder, learn more, and feel better about school than they ever have before. THS is committed to implementing innovative and exciting programs that will change the way your high school educational program looks and feels.
I can assure you that the faculty of Telluride High School, while also enjoying a break from their professional labors, have been busy thinking about and preparing for innovative new approaches to teaching and learning for the coming school year. Teachers have met to outline their programs for this fall’s Intensive Study Periods (ISPs). Many have attended 21st century learning conferences and other staff development opportunities to better prepare themselves to lead the learning in their classrooms. Teachers spent time collaborating to develop rubrics and expectations to inform our new grading and reporting model. Teachers have continued to prepare engaging and exciting lessons in their ongoing efforts to uncover their subject content while providing the opportunity for students to master the essential survival skills for success in school and life in the 21st century.
An article by Mike Petrilli in a recent educational magazine suggests that the unique offering of extra and co-curricular programs to students in our nation’s schools could be one of the reasons the U.S. worker and economy has enjoyed so much success over the last 75 years. Petrilli says, “Our athletic programs, student councils, debate clubs, school newspapers, orchestras, theater troupes …and the rest of the panoply of after-school activities might be boosting America’s economic output. While Asian kids are cramming at ‘exam cram schools’ and European youngsters are smoking in sidewalk cafes, our students are engaged in activities that give them the confidence to achieve in myriad ways – a taste of achievement they then carry into the world of work.” I encourage each student at THS to consider getting involved in and extra or co-curricular program at THS. Please contact Mike Hughes, our Director of Student Activities, for information on school sports and co-curricular programs.
Again, I am proud and honored to welcome you to the 2008-2009 school year and hope that each of you is ready to have the best year ever at Telluride High School. Go MINERS!
Best regards,
Alex Carter, Principal
Dear Telluride High School Community,
I hope this letter finds you happy, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful summer break. If you have had half as much fun as I have, I know you’ll be refreshed, energized, and excited to make the coming year at Telluride High School the best one ever! This year students will work harder, learn more, and feel better about school than they ever have before. THS is committed to implementing innovative and exciting programs that will change the way your high school educational program looks and feels.
I can assure you that the faculty of Telluride High School, while also enjoying a break from their professional labors, have been busy thinking about and preparing for innovative new approaches to teaching and learning for the coming school year. Teachers have met to outline their programs for this fall’s Intensive Study Periods (ISPs). Many have attended 21st century learning conferences and other staff development opportunities to better prepare themselves to lead the learning in their classrooms. Teachers spent time collaborating to develop rubrics and expectations to inform our new grading and reporting model. Teachers have continued to prepare engaging and exciting lessons in their ongoing efforts to uncover their subject content while providing the opportunity for students to master the essential survival skills for success in school and life in the 21st century.
An article by Mike Petrilli in a recent educational magazine suggests that the unique offering of extra and co-curricular programs to students in our nation’s schools could be one of the reasons the U.S. worker and economy has enjoyed so much success over the last 75 years. Petrilli says, “Our athletic programs, student councils, debate clubs, school newspapers, orchestras, theater troupes …and the rest of the panoply of after-school activities might be boosting America’s economic output. While Asian kids are cramming at ‘exam cram schools’ and European youngsters are smoking in sidewalk cafes, our students are engaged in activities that give them the confidence to achieve in myriad ways – a taste of achievement they then carry into the world of work.” I encourage each student at THS to consider getting involved in and extra or co-curricular program at THS. Please contact Mike Hughes, our Director of Student Activities, for information on school sports and co-curricular programs.
Again, I am proud and honored to welcome you to the 2008-2009 school year and hope that each of you is ready to have the best year ever at Telluride High School. Go MINERS!
Best regards,
Alex Carter, Principal
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